I am writing to you today on behalf of Stolen
Horse International, Inc. (SHI). Our federal
501(c)3 nonprofit organization provides services
to horse owners like no one else in the world.
The primary goal of our organization is to bring
missing horses home after theft or disaster
strikes.
Would you consider making a donation to
Stolen Horse International's upcoming annual
eBay Mission Fish Auction? Perhaps you can
donate an item(s) from your business, handmade
craft, or obtain contributions from your
community that will help us reach our
fundraising goals.
We sold 51 donated items, yielding a little
over $2,000! This year our auction will be in
November and we hope to be
bigger and better! We are expanding the auction
and making this our one of our main fund raisers
for the year 2006 with a little help from
friends like you. Already many other clinicians
such as Monty Roberts and Lynn Palm have joined
our auction with donations from their
organizations as well as many friends of Stolen
Horse International like you.
You may be wondering what you have to offer?
Use your imagination! Look around your business,
house or barn. Last year one of our hottest
items for bid was handmade crocheted and painted
Christmas ornaments and paintings. Anything goes
but if you need help you can view the link below
for suggestions other than the ones provide
here:
Please forward this request to your friends.
They may be interested in participating in
the 2006 auction for Netposse.com.
How do you
benefit from our auction?
Once your item is received, you or your business
will receive a small advertisement on our
website to show our appreciation for your
kindness. Your contact information and website
link will be provided in the ad so auction goers
can visit your place of business. You will also
receive free eBay auction exposure paid for by
Stolen Horse International.
Unfortunately, there
has been no funding available from the
government or grant organizations to support us
which is why we are now reaching out to you. We
are asking you for your support to help us to by
donating one or more items so we can continue to
provide products to horse owners at
exceptionally low cost. The proceeds from the
sales will go 100% to Stolen Horse
International, Inc.
NetPosse.com review
Please go to
www.netposse.com
to view our site, purpose and the good work that
we do. Our
NetPosse Volunteer Network and
Idaho Alert, similar to the Amber Alert,
was started in 1997 and involves thousands.
There may be as many as 40,000 horses stolen
each year with many more missing through civil
theft.
We are the only nonprofit
organization helping victims and offering
educational programs. We depend entirely on fund
raisers,
donations and the sell of
Identification and security products for
much needed funding.
Our website is also viewed by an astounding
number of people every day, between
40,000-70,000 per month, which has generated
more than 10 MILLION hits on the site in the
last 12 months! Out of the many horses reported
as stolen or missing last year, almost half were
recovered! Tack and trailers, can also be
reported to NetPosse.
My husband Harold Metcalfe and I have devoted
our lives to the recovery of stolen and missing
horses. Our family founded the organization
after our own horse, Idaho, was stolen and
recovered. At that time, there were few, if any,
Internet resources available. We had only
ourselves, family and a network of friends.
Amazed, we watched this network grow rapidly as
the weeks turned into months. During this
search, the media dubbed our group “NetPosse” …
and after Idaho was recovered 51 weeks later, I
knew that I had to help others.
Through our efforts and SHI volunteers,
Stolen Horse International and NetPosse have
become synonymous with horse theft. Anyone who
researches horse theft or stolen horses on the
Internet is bound to pull up a link relating to
SHI.
I address audiences of all sizes through
speaking engagements each year on the
topics of horse theft prevention, the importance
of horse identification and disaster
preparedness.
SHI services include, but are not limited to:
long distance calls to contact law enforcement
or follow up on leads; the creation, printing
and distribution of flyers; indefinite hosting
of victim’s information on its website (www.netposse.com);
or continuous updates to flyers and/or website
information. But in order to keep these
services, SHI must find new and permanent ways
to fund its operations
Open your heart
If you ask someone whose horse has been
stolen or become missing how SHI and NetPosse
have supported and aided them in the process of
searching and/or recovery, you will discover
overwhelming praise and gratitude. If you ask
someone to put a price on these services, I bet
they can't.
If you open your heart and decide to send an
auction item all we need is the description of
the gift, black out dates and the value of the
gift. Whether big or small, every donation is
appreciated. You can send the donation to our
physical address:
SHI Auction
C/O Debi Metcalfe
1902 Barbee Rd.
Shelby, NC 28150
All donations to Stolen Horse International,
Inc. are tax deductible and a Tax Receipt will
be issued for your donation. If you do not need
a receipt just state that on the from below. You
will find the auction donation form at this link
in PDF format.
Send this form with your donation. http://www.netposse.com/auction.donation.form.pdf
We need your donation sent ASAP
so we will have ample time to photograph and
place all items onto the website before the
auction date in November, which is currently
projected to be right after Thanksgiving
Please Share with SHI and help SHI/NetPosse
continue to help bring horses home to the
families that love and miss them with your
donation. Help us to make a difference in the
lives of countless victims each year. Thank you
for your support and I look forward to your
speedy reply.
Debi Metcalfe--President
Stolen Horse International, Inc.
704-484-2165
auctions@netposse.com
www.netposse.com
View this letter, donation forms and
other Auction information online:
http://www.netposse.com/missionfishauctionletter2006.htm
